The New York Yankees have signed Japan’s best pitcher Masahiro Tanaka to a seven year, $155 million contract. Last season Tanaka broke Japanese League records, going 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA. He also had a WHIP (Walk and Hits per Innings Pitched) of only 0.94 and strikeout to walk ratio of 5.72 to 1. Tanaka […]
The Rockland Bridal Show announced it will start the fifth Annual Bridal Show Season with its first show on Sunday, January 26 from 1 – 4:30 p.m. at the Pearl River Hilton in Pearl River, NY. Future brides, engaged couples, friends and families will have the opportunity to shop for their wedding, honeymoon and new […]
Medicare costs on tax bill cause a commotion Property tax owners have been responding to county tax authorities with confusion when a breakdown of their local share of the state’s Medicare cost appeared on their tax bill, adding no new charges but presenting a fresh perspective on a longstanding issue. Previously, property tax figures were broken […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE “Love, Loss and What I Wore” at Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack is is a hilarious piece of theatre. A collaboration of Nora and Delia Ephron based on a book by Ilene Beckerman featuring various skits (there are 28 scenes), the cast delivers some very funny observations of their lives and loves […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Responding to bipartisan calls for reform and concern from Americans, President Obama announced on January 17 that he would pursue reforms for the National Security Agency. Obama promised to set limits on the retention and collection of data from foreign nationals in friendly nations, appoint senior officials to oversee, coordinate and implement […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE With an electrifying performance by Kristin-Leigh Nicholson, a second grade teacher at Montebello School in Suffern, this 418th production at the famed Tom France Theatre at Antrim Playhouse is theatre at its best. It is a bit long (three and a half hours, with two intermissions) but for area theatergoers, I […]